Difference between revisions of "Server:QNAP"

Revision as of 21:52, 14 September 2022

Download Ubuntu ISO 18.04.6 LTS Create a New VM

• 1 Core CPU
• 1 GB RAM
• 50GB HD
• Mount Ubuntu ISO to CD
• Start VM and Install Ubuntu
• Minimum Apps
• User: "mcarter" set to auto login

Install cifs
Make folders to mount the shares to

sudo apt-get install cifs-utils
sudo mkdir -p /media/RadonNAS/homes
sudo mkdir -p /media/RadonNAS/Multimedia

Create a file /home/mcarter/.smbcredentials to store the credentials

username=Admin
password=<password>

Add the mounts to file /etc/fstab so that these get mounted on restarts

//radonnas/homes /media/RadonNAS/homes cifs uid=mcarter,credentials=/home/mcarter/.smbcredentials,iocharset=utf8 0 0
//radonnas/Multimedia /media/RadonNAS/Multimedia cifs uid=mcarter,credentials=/home/mcarter/.smbcredentials,iocharset=utf8 0 0

To edit , use command "sudo gedit /etc/fstab"
To re-mount use command "sudo mount -a"

sudo gedit /etc/fstab
sudo mount -a

Download Code42 (CrashPlan) v10
Extract tgz and run install
Note: install prompts to install dependency "libgconf-2-4"
Installs to location /usr/local/crashplan

tar zxvf CrashPlan.tgz
sudo ./code42-install/install.sh

If need to stop / start service, use this

sudo /usr/local/crashplan/bin/service.sh stop
sudo /usr/local/crashplan/bin/service.sh start

Create a desktop icon by lauching gedit ~/Desktop/CrashPlan.desktop with the following

[Desktop Entry]
Name=CrashPlan
Exec=/usr/local/crashplan/bin/desktop.sh
Icon=/usr/local/crashplan/bin/icon_app.png
Terminal=false
Type=Application

Thend on desktop goto Properties-Permissions and check Allow execting file as program

Install SSH Server

sudo apt-get install openssh-server
sudo systemctl enable ssh
sudo systemctl start ssh

Crashplan Backup Service not starting automatically
Tried to setup as a service but didn't work
Instead added a cron job

sudo crontab -e

/usr/local/crashplan/bin/service.sh start > /dev/null 2>&1